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I. PERRJS FILLER FOR EGG CRATES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION HL ED munm, 1921.

Reissud Mar. 28, 1922. 15,321

TENT OFFIQE.

ISI'DOR PEER/IS, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FILLER FOR EGG CRATES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. R issued BT31. 58, 1922.

Original No. 1,347,909, dated m 27, mag, Serial No. 317,715; filed August 15, 1919. Application for reissue file-d March 10, 1921.

To alt whom "it may concern I 7 Be it known that I, Ismon Pnnars, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful improvement in Fillers tor Egg Crates and the like, of which the following is 'a specificai tion,the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode inwhich particularly pointed out in the; claims.

The annegged'drawin and the following description set forth in etail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical terms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said. annexed drawing Fig.1 is a plan view of one memberoi? the filler, before being folded into operative conning the long way of ditionj Fig. 2 is a plan view: otthe filler in position ma crate; Fig. 3 1s @VGItlCttl section' through the member shown in Fig. 1in

two forms of ends for the strips 10. and 11.

a folded condition; Fig. i is a vertical section through the completed filler; Fig. 5 is a vertical section throughthe edge of completed filler showing a partition in place; Fig, 6 is an elevation oi" a partition; and Fig. 7 is an elevation of a partition showing a modifiedtorm of: one therefor, and Fig. 8 is an elevation of the partition which interlocks at right angle to the partition shown in Fi 7.

The filler herewith shown is to be used in the shipment of eggs or like ZLI'tlJlGS and is adapted to fit withina case 1 of .wood or other suitable material usually employed for such purpose. The filler comprises a bottom piece or sheet 3 ct relatively plane or fiat cardboard or like, provided with side pieces or ends 4 1ntegral therewith. The side pleces are corrugated as at 5, the corrugations thereon runside that is parallel to Serial No. 451,288.

the plane of the bottom. The side pieces 4; are adapted to be bent at right angles to the bottom 3 as shown by the dotted line 6 in Flg. 1. A sheet of corrugatedboard 7 is glued or otherwise joined to the underside of the bottom 3 "torming therewith a base of cellular construction which forms a cushion between each filler, the fillers-being inserted one on the other in the case 1.

A dlvision member 8 is provided for the fillerandis adapted to be inserted therein forming a plurality of separate. compartments 9 for the articles tobe shipped. The construction of the division member 8 is of particular interest and consists of a plurality of strips 10 of corrugated material parallel to each other, and another plurality of strips 11 of the same material crossing the first mentioned strips at right angles thereto, the corrugations thereon running the long way of strips, that is, in the same line as the corrugations on the end pieces 1 with which the strips are parallel; The strips 10 and 11 are the same height as the ends 4; and are provided with slots :12 and 13 extending to the center line of each strip, the'slots 12 of the stripslO extending downwardly from upper edge of thestrips, 1 1. The'pathof each of the slots 12 and 13 ismade to, con form to the corrugations of theindividua'l strips, thereby forming an accurate and substantial joint at the intersection ofeach of the strips 10'- and 11. i v

shown in Figs; (Sand 7 I have shown tion ofthe ends 4; of-the filler 2' and division strips '10 an'dll.

When the fillers are shipped .from the factorythe'base members 2 are opened flat as shown in Fig. 1 and the division members are assembled and folded together in the same manner as the division members now employed in devices of this character.

As will be seen I have constructed a filler tor egg crates and the like which is simple in construction and of few parts, the ends and division member being constructed of sheets of material of a single thickness and not being built up of two or more layers of material as is usually employed when corrugated material is used. I

The strips in the divisional member are so arranged that I employ fourle'ssr strips than are used in the fillers now on the market, it being necessary to haveen'd strips around the outer edge of the divisional memhersto form the partitionsaroundthe' periphery of the member. 'The single thickness of corrugated material employed has been found to oiier substantial protection against breakage of the eggs or other articles packed therein, while the reinforcing of the bottom by'mea'nsof a separate sheet of corrugated board furnishes a very eihcient and protectivecushion between each unit in the crate.

The fillers are made of such a size as to snugly fit Within the crate andthe're'by eliminate all possibility of thefiller'movin or shifting about in the crate. The size 0 the compartments and the use of'the corrugated material "prevent the shaking oii the eggs therein and'thereby prevent the mixing of the yolk and the white whichrenders the egg useless and unfit for sale. I

Other'modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the-one explained, change being made as re gards the.mechanism herein disclosed, provided'the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly" point out anddistinctly' claim as my invention: 1. A filler for crates, comprising a bottom member having sidewalls integral "therewith, said side-Walls being formed with corrugations parallel to the'iplane' of thebottom member, and a division member comprising a phiralityof interlocking strips adapted to fit within such.side-walls,-the endsof such strips being extended t contact with the corrugations on such side-walls.

2. K filler for-crates, comprising a bottom member having side-walls integral there- With, said side-walls being formed with corrugations parallel to the plane of the bottom member, and a division member comprising a plurality of interlocking strips adapted to fit Within such side-walls, the ends or such strips being notched to interlock with the corrugations on such side-walls.

3. filler for crates comprising a bottom -mem-ber of substantially plane surface having sidewalls integral therewith, such side walls being corrugated, the corrugations bottom member and a division member a'd-apted to substantially fitwithinsaid-"filler,

said divisionmernber comprising a plurality of interlockingstrips of corrugated niaterial, the corrugations on such strips being parallel'to the planeof said'bottom member.

4. A filler forcrates comprising a sheet of substantially fiat material having 'side walls integral therewith, said side Walls being corrugated, the corrugations thereon extending the long way of said side walls, a sheet of corrugated material attachedto" the lower surface of said flat material, and a divisionmember adapted to fit within said fillerand adapted to form a plurality of compartments therein, said division member comprising a plurality of interlocking cor rugated strips substantially at right angles to each other, the corrugations on said strips being parallel to the corrugations on said side walls respectively.

5. A'filler for crates comprising a bottom piece of relatively fiat material having "side walls integral therewith, said 'side walls being corrugated, the corrugations thereon being parallel to theplane of said bottom 1 piece, a sheet of corrugated material attached to the [lower surface of said bottom piece, and a plurality of strips of corrugated material "having slots thereon, wherebysaid strips are adapted to interlock at right angles to each other, the contour of such slots corresponding'to the corrugations on said strips.

6. A filler for crates comprising a bottompiece of relatively flat material having side walls integral therewith such side pieces having horizontal corrugations thereon, a sheet of corrugated material attached to the lowersurface of said bottom piece, and a division member comprising a plurality of interlocking corrugated strips adapted to fit within said filler, the ends of such strips being notched and adapted to substantially engage such corrugations on said side walls.

Signed by me this second. day of March, 921.

ISIDOR PERRIS. 

